The NFL Is In Huge Trouble After Newest Ratings

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The NFL seems incapable of realizing the obvious solution to their ever-worsening ratings.

The league’s leadership has made no attempt to win back its former fans who left simply because they grew sick of the America-hating anthem protests.

And now the NFL is more trouble—and it’s worse than they ever imagined.

TV ratings continue to slide.

And stadium attendance has been incredibly dreadful.

If you watched football on Sunday, then you saw how laughable stadium attendance actually was.

In particular, the Ravens at Browns and Cardinals at Redskins were both embarrassing games to watch because it seemed like there were only a few dozen people there.

But last Thursday Night Football was the absolute worst.

Breitbart reports:

“The NFL has struggled mightily this year to get people to watch their primetime games, as the ratings from the Week 15 edition of Thursday Night Football continue to come in, it’s clear that those struggles will continue until the end of the year.

The clash between the Denver Broncos and the Indianapolis Colts drew only a 7.4/13 rating in metered markets.

That poor showing resulted in a new season low for TNF on both CBS and NBC and simulcast on NFL Network.

According to Deadline Hollywood, “Looking at the close December 7 game between the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints, last night’s TNF was down 27% in the early ratings.

That Falcons’ win went on to deliver a 4.3/17 rating among adults 18-49 and 14.61 million viewers.

“In what has been a slippery season in the ratings for the NFL and broadcasters on the Big 4 and cable, last night’s TNF fell 26% in MM from the TNF of December 15, 2016.

In the final numbers, that Seahawks win drew a 4.3/16 in the key demo and a total audience of 14.65 million.”

Deadline Hollywood explained further, “To give one more bit of context, the low of the Week 15 game slide 12% in metered market ratings from the previous TNF season low of October 26, the last TNF on CBS this year.

That Baltimore Ravens 40-0 demolition of the Miami Dolphins eventual pulled in a 3.4/14 among the 18-49 and 11.36 million viewers – which might be an indication of what to expect out of last night’s game.”

The internals of the rating numbers bode even worse for the NFL, “…the Broncos vs. Colts game peaked with a 8.0/14 in the 9:30 – 10 PM ET slot.

Or to put it another way, that’s down a hard 30% from the meter market peak of last week’s TNF,” Deadline Hollywood concluded.”

Sure, Thursday Night Football has had its woes, and almost always pales in comparison to Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football, but this is really bad.

Meanwhile, SNF and MNF ratings continue to slide every week as well.

With the playoffs coming up and the Super Bowl not far behind, it will be interesting to see how many viewers actually tune in.